Cement post.



No. 817,'752. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

L. GHRISTENSEN.

CEMENT POST.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 10, 1906.

mtnesses LARS CHRISTENSEN, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

CEMENT POST.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

ratentec April 17, 1906.

Application filed January 10, 1906. Serial No. 295,&62.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LARS CHRIsTENsEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State ofIowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in CementPosts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to concrete or cement posts; and the object of theinvention is to provide a post of composite material to which any numberof fence-wires may be quickly, cheaply, and efectively secured. I attainthis object by means of a triangular-shaped post reinforced bylongitudinal wires and means for securing the fence-wires, consisting ofshort wires running through the post and a rod, as will be hereinaftermore fully eXplained.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of post in side elevation, showingmeans of attaching the fence-wires. F ig. 2 is a partial section ofpost, showing one of the longitudinal wires. Fig. 3 is a partialcross-section of post, taken on line a; x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlargedview of one corner of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of post and rod,taken on line y y, Fig. 1, showing also wire attached. Fig. 6 is apartial section of post, showing means for attaching the fence-wireswithout the rod.

Referring now to the illustrations, in which like parts are designatedby similar letters of reference, Ais the post, made in a form or mold,of concrete, cement, or composite material, and tapering somewhat towardthe top, as seen in Fig. 1. It is of general triangular shape with thepoints or edges removed, so as to form a hexagon with unequal sides. Thefence-wires a are secured to one of the short sides or corners of thepost. On this side narrow grooves b are formed at convenient intervalsfor the reception of the fencewires. Running the length of the post,near each of the short sides, are double wires c, twisted, as shown inFig. 2, to strengthen and reinforce the post. Openings d, curving inwardtoward the middle of the post and passing inside the twisted wires, aremade at convenient intervals opposite the grooves and through the cornerof the post to which the fence-wires are secured. Short wires e areadapted to be inserted in these openings and brought around the cornerof the post, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, where the 'ends are secured bytwisting them together. When more fence-wires are used than provision ismade for by the short wire e, a rodf, as seen in Figs. 1 and 5, isplaced against the face of the post and secured thereto by twisting theshort wire e around the rod, the rod thus holding the fence-wiressecurely in the grooves of the posts. The short wires have a doublepurpose. First, they form convenient and effective means of securing tothe post all the fence-wires ordinarily used in a fence by running thefence-wires between the short wires and the post through the loop formedafter the ends of the short wires are twisted together or by bending theshort wires around the fence-wires after the latter are adjusted in thegrooves, one side of the wire passing above and one side below thefence-wire, as seen in Fig. 6. Second, if more wires are needed to beused, as in the case of hog-fence, the rod is placed alongside of thepost after the wires are adjusted in the various grooves, and the shortwires are then tightly twisted about the rod, which firmly secures thewires to the post.

The posts may be used either with or without the rods, depending uponthe number of wires used in' the fence and whether more or less than thenumber of short wires provided for. For ordinary purposes the meanssupplied by the short wires are sufficient, and the rods are requiredonly when an eXtra number of wires is used.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isi A concrete or cement post of triangular shapewith points removed so as to form a heXagon With sides of unequallength, said post having grooves on one face thereof for the insertionof fence-wires and openings eX- tended through the post for theinsertion of wires to secure said ence-wires, longitudinal wiresreinforcing said post, in combination with a rod adapted to be securedagainst the face of said post and wires for securing the rod against thepost, substantially as described.

In witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftwo witnesses.

LARS OHRISTENSEN.

In presence of F. W. LOHR, H. O. GARDINER IOO

